To be fair I'm not this way about all vinyl. I have the original Sex Pistols 45's (not God Save The Queen on A&M unfortunately) but I prefer to listen to the music on CD as it sounds better that way - though the singles are wonderful objects full of memories. On the other hand the Ja 12" just have such a great sound to them.

Listened to Ital Dub again (on Rdio) and it just doesn't do it for me - I agree with Inyaki's assessment.I've never actually listened to Dubbing in Africa so I will do that later today.

I hope Only Roots continues to issue more Rockers 12", I'll certainly be buying them.Mark T

ital dub and dubbing in a africa (same as pablo no jester on city line) aren't really pablo albums, not indicative.

i don't think he has an artist album as classic as any number of his singles, but he's in the top 5 ever for me, producer-wise.the set of rhythms on KTMRU alone make him immortal, without even getting into the hugh mundell material, delroy williams, the early one offs like Asher & Trimble, the early Bolo, in the light, etc. then also all his solo instrumental material...

"Many of these albums , like Dubbing In A Africa, he didn't play a single note on most tunes" I'm interested to read that Inyaki. Gave it a listen a couple of days ago but never finished it and thought to myself that it just had nothing of the Pablo tunes I love in terms of production values and melodica playing.

FWIW my essential Pablo would be:(in no particular order)Original Rockers LPRockers Meet King Tubby In A Fire House LPKing Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown LPEl Rockers LPIn Fine Style LPMessage Music LP (for convincing me that Pablo in digital could be exciting)Chanting Dub With The Help Of The Father LP

Earth Wind and Fire 12"Crucial Burial 12"Full Up/Eastman Sound 12"

I'm sure there are some other 12" that I don't own that should be included.Mark T

Well Charge wrote:An atypical favourite is Primal Scream's "Star", of which two dub mixes were also released (one on the single). This is probably the only example of Pablo working for a non reggae group?

When i was collecting every tune he cut,i had a 12 by a pop group(cant remeber name)that pablo produced and mixed,not blowing.Something to do with the mango label.Also seem to remeber at least one other none reggae tune,